Soldier Information
Name: Philip White
Alias: Phil, Phill, Filo
Place of Birth: Jefferson KY Year of Birth: 1833
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Mulatto
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 3
View Ledger
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: February 25, 1865
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 5th
Company: B Regiment(s): 125th Regt, USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
Mustered Out Date: December 20, 1867
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
In his (apparently unsuccessful) compensation papers, his enslaver Lawrence Young says “My wife inherited his mother, and we raised him from a child.”
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: August 18, 1890
Cause of Death: Heart Disease
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
No widow pension card found
Other Family Pension Information
Pension Card Link: View
Application Date: September 1, 1890
Application No.: 457.275 Certificate No.: 310.611
Pension File Information
Pension File:
Pensioners:
Pensioner County: Pensioner State: (Choose One)
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Pension Notes:
The pension card located and other records, to include a Freedman’s Bank Card #2413 (link below) indicates that Durastus Jones was the guardian for an unnamed minor applying for benefits based on the military service of Philip White. Based upon the application and certification number, it appears that the application was filed from Kentucky and was approved.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/45217705:8755?tid=&pid=&queryId=1f2dafbfc7aa0dc48803ad3dd792d7ad&_phsrc=MxI20881&_phstart=successSource
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
Freedman’s Bank Link: View
Freedman’s Bank Notes:
The application (#1902) record for Philip White was completed on Jan 18, 1868, and he provided information about his life, his parents, his wife and his children. He was born on Goose Creek in Jefferson County, KY, and brought up on Lawrence Young’s Farm, Jefferson Co., Ky. He lived there all his life until he enlisted in army.
He would turn 37 the 6th day July next. His father was Philip and his mother was Sarah. He was married to Lottie, 4 children had died and three children, Burleigh, Fanny & Sarah were living and were with him and his wife. His regiment & Co in service was Co B 125th USCI. His residence was at Market in front of Smith’s (?) Mill. He was a day laborer.
His children’s ages are – Burleigh-15 26th of July next, Fanny -10 next month, Sarah-8 14th of next Oct.
His father died at Lawrence Young’s 15 yrs ago next Feb. His mother lives at Cairo, Ill. He has no brothers. He has one Sister – Daphne Reed, Cairo Ill.
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Sarah Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Philip Father Last Name:
Siblings: Daphne Reed
Wife #1 First Name: Lottie Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Burleigh White 1854
Fanny White 1858
Sarah White 1861
Mary White 1869
William White 1879
Family Notes:
A death notice for Lotta White, believed to be the soldier’s wife, indicated that she passed away in 1885 (Courier Journal 20 June 1885.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/32253298/?terms=lotta%20white&match=1
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The 1880 census disclosed two additional children: Mary (YOB 1869) and William (YOB 1879)
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Farm Laborer
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1870 Real Estate Value: 0 1870 Personal Estate Value: 0
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Laborer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Coal Cart Driver
1900 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1900 Own/Rent: Rent 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1900 Farm/House: House
1900 Census Notes:
1910 Census
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: Driver
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Rent 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1910 Farm/House: House
1910 Census Notes:
1920 Census
1920 Census Link: View
1920 Profession: Laborer
1920 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1920 Own/Rent: Rent 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1920 Farm/House: House
1920 Census Notes:
Research results indicate that the soldier passed away in 1890. Consistent with this finding, the soldier’s name was not located on the census subsequent to1880. The soldier’s family members as related to the soldier’s daughter, Fanny Dailey nee White, was located on census schedules in 1900, 1910 and 1920. The professions, locality, reading/writing ability and other information reflected relates to Fanny’s spouse, Westley Dailey, as head of household until the 1920 census at which time he had passed. While she is indicated as being able to read but not write, her husband, whose occupation is reflected above, could neither read nor write. The 1920 census follows Fanny at which time she was living with her son, James, and his wife, Lilly. As head of household the requested information above then relates to James.
Enslaver Information
Name: Laurence Young Location: Jefferson County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
A will was located for an individual believed to be identical to the enslaver with an inferred death in 1873. Queries in an effort to find the enslaver on the census after 1870 met with negative results.
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1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 39
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $70,000 1860 Personal Estate Value: $29,000
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 33
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: $56,000 1870 Personal Estate Value: $3000
1880 Enslaver Census
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Information
Compensation Applied? Yes Compensation Received? No